W+K London

June 11, 2014

Legends are made of different stuff

Clients

Nike and W+K celebrated Rafael Nadal's historic 9th French Open win, by revealing a larger-than-life sculpture of the Spaniard, created from Roland Garros clay.

On Sunday, Nadal became the first man to ever win nine singles titles in Paris when he defeated Serbian machine, Novak Djoković, thus becoming the undisputed king of clay-court tennis.

The sculpture of Nadal was installed on Monday at Cinquième Set, an exclusive tennis store in the heart of Paris, accompanied by a plaque that reads: Legends are made of different stuff.

The sculpture itself is made with clay from Roland Garros. The very clay that has helped shape Nadal's reputation, as one of the greatest to ever brandish a racket.

Fittingly, it was a pair of Spaniards who dreamt this up – Carlos Alija and Laura Sampedro.

Congratulations, Rafa.

June 10, 2014

W+K do Old Trafford for Soccer Aid

Culture

On Sunday June 8^th, a W+K 1^st XI (there were in fact only 7 of us) took to the road, venturing north to the land of Manchester for the return of Soccer Aid.

Warming up by watching our Tesco sponsorship idents in the build up to the kick off, we then turned our attentions to the game itself, perched on the edge of our seats, singing, shouting and applauding as the ex-legends and celebs of England and the rest of the world did battle over 90 minutes.

Mourinho toppling Murs, Davids losing the plot with just about anyone who tried to tackle him and Seedorf proving that he’d still make it into the majority of Premiership teams, it was a fantastic spectacle to behold.

And not only that, but as it currently stands, Tesco colleagues and customers have raised a phenomenal £300k for UNICEF, adding to the running total of £4.2m

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